Cambridge Education: Mott MacDonald
Published 23 July 2018
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Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018
IMPORTANT: Please refer to the accompanying guidance note for advice on completing this form and please fill in all four sections in English.
Your organisation:
Type of organisation: Private Sector Organisation
Name of organisation: Cambridge Education/ Mott MacDonald
Charter for Change
Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.
My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change ☒
Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries:
Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination: N/A
Commitments for Inclusive Education
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Capacity building: teachers and staff
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
Cambridge Education provides services including advice, support, programme design, and delivery for education in many countries across the globe. Our organisation delivers client-responsive solutions. We regularly work with DFID and other donors on their programmes.
Where a client requests, we will provide special needs and sensitisation training for teachers. We are committed to working with our clients to achieve results for inclusive education including influencing policy and practice. Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
We commit to review all existing projects for opportunities to advance the inclusive agenda and we will build in inclusion to upcoming bids where it is relevant.
Commitments for Economic Empowerment
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Skills development for decent work
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
Mott MacDonald has an excellent economic development and skills team, focusing on inclusive growth and delivering large-scale skills training programmes in various countries. Our teams are committed to designing skills programmes that are inclusive of all people, regardless of their background, race, ability, ethnicity, religion etc. We will work with our clients and partners to ensure that we deliver economic development programmes that are inclusive, supporting marginalised groups to access jobs and improved working conditions.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
We commit to review all existing projects for opportunities to advance the inclusive agenda and we will build in inclusion to upcoming bids where it is relevant.
Commitments for Technology and Innovation: N/A
Commitments for Data Disaggregation:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Other
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
Our teams always advise clients to disaggregate data being collected. We are committed to working with our clients and partners to ensure that any data collection and evaluation is done using tools that will help the delivery of inclusive results.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
We are actively implementing international development programmes across the globe. Within this next year, we will assess our ongoing and upcoming work for opportunities to improve our data collection and evaluation tools.
Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
A lot of work has been done to improve opportunities for women and girls. Our organisation will continue to provide high-quality advisory services, programme design and programme implementation to clients who are working to achieve progress for girls and women worldwide. As part of these services, we are committed to promote access to education, skills and economic opportunities for women and girls with disabilities.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
We are currently implementing multiple large-scale education, economic development and skills programmes where the needs of girls and women are prioritised. We will continue to asses these and any future programmes for inclusion. We commit to review all existing projects for opportunities to advance girls’ and women’s education and economic development, with a specific focus on empowering women and girls with disabilities, and we will build these themes into upcoming bids where relevant.
Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts
Mott MacDonald works in countries such as South Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In our work we will promote inclusive approaches for individuals with disability in humanitarian contexts.
Other Commitments: N/A